New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-22
THE JERSEY CITY SHOOTING.
ARRA1GN1Na THE DETECTIVES IN COURT
rur,p EXAMINATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


AGAINST THE SPECIALS"
Tina erc,tement over the shooting of boy In Jersey
CITY by the Pinkerton specials" duty at the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western Railroad coal wharves
ran high yesterday. At the usual time for open
Ing the First District Police Court hrongs OF men werc
gathered In the vicinity and the courtroom was packed
TO sutocation The small. dingy and poorly
furnished strong force OF police on hand In ex-
pectation that some attempt might be made to inict
summary punishment the prisoners charged with the
homicide but the crowd OF spectators remained quiet
and watched the proceedings without making demon
stration. Unnoticed among the crowd, but intently
watching the course Of affairs. Francis Hoban the
father OF the murdered boy. After the court adjourned
he stood on the for short time talking with two
or three friends He said 1t lucky thing that he
was not present when his boy was killed or someone
would have paid the penalty with his life.
The first OF PinkertOn arraigned before Judge
Gtsing was Samuel McNef. On being Informed that he
WAS charged with assault and battery and that the bail
would be $500 he seemed relieved Later on. however
when he was arraigned again with his three comrades
and charged with suspicion OF MURDER his apparent feel
ing of relief The charge OF assault and bat
terry against McNef made by John Cavanaugh. OF
No. G35 Henderson-st. who alleged that on Thursday
morning nine year old boy climbed about half way up
the embankment and McNen threw club at him. strk-
ing him with sufficient force 10 nilict painful injury
When Mcneil Patrick sheehy, Daniel Cahill and Nor
ton Morarty were arragned charge OF suspicion OF
murder ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins stepped to the front
and said that he appeared the prisoners. John Me-
Grath appeared for the state Henry Carlson OF No -
Wilow-avc oboken and John Stewart, OF No l5i Mad
Isonst Hobokcn identified Sheehy rs one OF the men
who fired. Stewart positive as to the
nrisoners identity and said that he saw
shechy point his pistol at the boy Hoban,
take deliberate aim and fire. Sheehy, 10y advice OF his
counsel, said nothing James Mccartney and Theodore
Fitch identified Cahl. and Thomas Lennon Identified
Moriarty The latter Is the man who was struck III the
eve with lump of lce and the effects Of the blow were
plainly visible The flesh around the stsll much
swollen and dscoored. After consultation tho law
ycrs requested Judge Ssug 10 postpone the cXamna-
tion consented The prisoners committed 10
the County Jail and tho examination Will be resumed
when counsel are ready.
Coroner Burke impaneed jury yesterday and, after
viewing tho boys body announced that the Inquest
would be held Thursday night next.
County Physician Converse made an autopsy and
found that the bullet after penetrating the eycd had
taken direction and lodged at the base OF the
skull The boys mother protested strongly mt nrst
against the autopsy but yielded ON being assured that IL
Chief Police Murphy has secured the OF sew
eral eye-wtnesses OF the shooting and feels assured
from their tatements that he has the guilty In
toly one OF the most important OF these witnesses
is Thomas Fitch, OF No. Al Grand-st. Jersey City
sewing machine agent Mr. Fitch says: was coming
from oboken through Iendeson-st, aud ~ was pass
ing under the railroad bridge small crowd gath
ered AT Eighcenih-st. They were looking at men
on the top OF the embankment who. afterwar learned
were Pinkerton officers There nothing unusual go
ing on that could As walked along heard one Of
the Pinkcrton call out, stand back The next
of them brought their big rcvoyers into po
sition and IL seemed TO that about twelve shots
were fred Ia rapid succession and somebody standing
near said they firing blank cartridges Simuliane-
ousy with the shooting the hoy Hogan fell the side
walk where he had been standing. about hfteen feet
away from me when the firing ceased two OF tho
Pinkerton down the track toward the river. Call
whistles blown by the who stood their ground
and in q minute or TWO whole crowd OF the Fullerton
men swBrIned around. They came down from the en-
bankmcnt, drove tho crowd away and looked on
the boys body. When tho regular policemen were
seen coming the specials went back. The
people wild with excitement and 1t would
have gone hard with OF the specials they could have
got hold Of. have cool many hard things, but
this was the worst ever Witnessed"
The stories told by the eyewtnesses vary but tc nud
all that there adequate provocaton for the
OF firearms.
Yesterday the Pinkerton placed duty In
the yard ana at the lower end Of the coal whnrNc They
also made subject 20 the orders OF Chief of Police
Murphy who has assumed the duty OF protecting the
company's property and workmen. few regular
policemen duty at the western terminus OF tho
wharycs. and twenty five new specials selected 10y Chief
Murphy from residents OF the city added 10 the